SeedRandom
SeedRandom[seed]
seeds the internal random number generator with a given integer seed
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Attributes[SeedRandom] := {Protected}
Details
SeedRandom[UnixTime[]]
is called automatically upon initialization of Expreduce, so random number sequences will not repeat over subsequent sessions.
Simple examples
In[1]:= RandomReal[] Out[1]= 0.0750914
In[2]:= SeedRandom[3] Out[2]= Null
In[3]:= RandomReal[] Out[3]= 0.719983
In[4]:= RandomReal[] Out[4]= 0.652631
In[5]:= SeedRandom[3] Out[5]= Null
In[6]:= RandomReal[] Out[6]= 0.719983